9 September 2008
Among Ayurvedic herbal remedies available on the Internet from 37 manufacturers, 21% contained metals such as lead and arsenic at dangerously high levels, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Ayurvedic products from sources in the United States had generally lower levels than those from India, which contained toxic metals at 100 to 10,000 times acceptable levels. Products from American sources that claimed to follow Good Manufacturing Practices or to carry out toxic metal testing did not show lower levels of these metals.
There were similar results from Ayurvedic products bought in ethnic markets in Boston, according to a previous report from the same authors. Since then, several local health departments elsewhere have issued similar warnings.
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